A Hat in Time News

A minor update is available for A Hat in Time!

• Fixed an issue where some players would stutter in 5 second intervals. Thank you to KeifersIsAwesome and psoron for helping in tracking down the issue.
  
• Added new option to Game Settings: Sort Hats By Obtain Order. If set, hats will be sorted by the order in which they were obtained. Otherwise will be sorted by yarn cost.
  

A minor update is available for A Hat in Time! This primarily focuses on changes and fixes to the Summer Event update.

• All the Summer Event Death Wish levels are now available - enjoy!
  
• Summer Event Death Wishes can now be reset, which allows re-rolling the MODifier
  
• Fixed Drink sticker being audible from all distances
  

A minor update is available for A Hat in Time! This primarily focuses on changes and fixes to the Summer Event update.

[h2]Changes[/h2]

• Added a background icon in the pause menu to indicate which Hats and Badges are mandatory
  
• Increased Pon requirement for Cyclone Seafort
  
• Temporarily reduced Online Party lobby size from 50 to 25
  
• Minor changes to list of available MODifiers in Summer Death Wish map
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed patty-cake animation not playing for a specific Mafia in the night-time version of Mafia Town
  
• Fixed selected MODifier being incorrect in the level 3 Summer Event Death Wish map
  
• Fixed typo in Power Pons Summer Death Wish challenge
  
• Fixed Vanessa's Curse being required to complete the Summer Death Wish map
  
• Fixed Summer Drink sticker's description being empty at level 1
  
• Fixed being unable to equip dyes and weapons after completing certain Summer Death Wish challenges
  

The SUMMER EVENT has kicked off with a new update to A HAT IN TIME, including a new summer vibin' Death Wish map containing fresh new unlockables!

The SUMMER EVENT starts June 27th and ends July 31st! Enjoy!

[h2]Level Up![/h2]



Complete the summer Death Wish map to level up your Summer Drink sticker! Leveling up also ascends your Death Wish map with all-new challenges!

Currently there is a limited number of available level-ups, as all players reach higher levels during the summer event, more levels become available.

[h2]MODifiers[/h2]

As you tackle harder summer Death Wish challenges, you'll be presented with a spicy choice: Which Workhop MOD do you want to bring into battle?



[h2]Online Party[/h2]

Need help finding other players in Vanessa's Curse or Hattle Royale? Join the Online Party PECK or join our Discord!

The update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time.

[h2]New Feature: Emblems[/h2]

• Added emblems to acts in the act select screen. Emblems are rewarded for: 0 jumps, speedrun, all rift token pages, all yarn, all rift pons, finding friend message, finding developer message.
  

[h2]Gameplay[/h2]

• Brewing Hat breakables now spawn health if the player is missing health
  
• The Completionist's Hat now highlights pons that have been collected before
  
• Added "Prevent Accidental Falls" input setting, which prevents rare cases where Hat Kid may vault over a ledge to her death
  

[h2]Levels[/h2]

• Fixed invisible sign meshes in The Illness Has Spread near the birdhouse
  
• Fixed pause menu not highlighting the correct Time Piece when in a Time Rift
  
• Ship Shape delivery guides now only refresh if the player strays far away from them
  
• Fixed trigger volumes required for Nyakuza Metro finale being exhausted when touched during other acts
  

[h2]Death Wish[/h2]

• Fixed subtitle / voice line mismatch in Death Wish
  
• Added a leaderboard to Death Wish that show friends' stamps
  

[h2]Online Party[/h2]

• Fixed online player messages not retrieving correctly.
  
• Added a game setting for turning off online player messages.
  
• Online player messages are now colored differently depending on the author (yourself / friend / mod author / Gears for Breakfast staff)
  
• Online player messages can now be placed in non-mod levels, but only friend and developer messages are visible
  
• Online Party join messages now close after a few seconds of being accepted. This fixes a softlock if the joined level is not installed.
  

[h2]Modding[/h2]

• Added a leaderboard to Challenge Road
  
• Added bOnlyEnforceBlacklistWhileOnline and DoNotEnforceBlacklistOnlinePartyNamePrefix to Hat_MapInfo
  
• Fixed mod level playtime tracking not working
  
• Fixed crash caused by matinee interpdata not getting cleaned up properly when GC'd on cook
  
• Fixed crash if loading screen DLC logo is part of the root set
  
• Fixed EndPlayMap for mods passing the wrong name (was passing travel url, not map name)
  
• Fixed Hat_NPC_Player not calling ConvertNPCPlayer if no player pawn is present (such as in titlescreen)
  
• Added OnlineRestrictionsVolume to filter online player messages in specific locations (such as boss battles)
  
• Fixed AlwaysInPlayerBackpack not working for hats or badges
  
• Added support for non-weapon attachment points for hookshot